Refrigerated Cargo Ships ~ Shipbuilding History

Refrigerated Cargo Ships

United States Shipping Board in WWI

Most recent update: August 23, 2008.

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USSB #	Name	Design	Builder	Location	Yard #	Delivered	Notes
Req.	War Jupiter/Wheaton		Bethlehem Steel	Sparrows Point MD	4175	Nov 1918	later Alaskan 1928, torpedoed and lost 1942
Req.	War Whale/Luella		Baltimore DD & SB	Baltimore MD	82	May 1918	scrapped 1933
Req.	North Pole		Baltimore DD & SB	Baltimore MD	83	Jan 1919	scrapped 1935
Req.	South Pole		Baltimore DD & SB	Baltimore MD	84	Dec 1918	scrapped 1935
Req.	Polar Sea		Baltimore DD & SB	Baltimore MD	86	Oct 1918	scrapped 1935
Req.	Polar Land		Baltimore DD & SB	Baltimore MD	87	Nov 1918	foundered 1919
Req.	War Neptune/Polar Bear		Baltimore DD & SB	Baltimore MD	88	Dec 1918	scrapped 1930
Req.	War Venus/Polar Star		Baltimore DD & SB	Baltimore MD	89	Jan 1919	scrapped 1930
145	Oskawa		Moore SB	Oakland CA	121	Jan 1919	later Empire Raven 1942, Southern Raven 1948, scrapped 1952
146	Yamhill		Moore SB	Oakland CA	122	Sep 1918	later Arctic (AF-7) 1921, scrapped 1946
147	Yaquina		Moore SB	Oakland CA	123	Feb 1919	later Boreas (AF-8) 1921, scrapped 1946
148	Guimba		Moore SB	Oakland CA	124	June 1919	later Empire Merganser 1942, Ketos 1947, exploded and sank 1951
1017	Monasses		Moore SB	Oakland CA	131	July 1919	later Empire Whimbrel 1942, torpedoed and lost 1943
1019	Cotati		Moore SB	Oakland CA	133	Aug 1919	later Empire Avocet 1942, torpedoed and lost 1942
1021	Nockum		Moore SB	Oakland CA	135	Dec 1919	later Empire Starling1941, torpedoed and lost 1942
1022	Mehanno		Moore SB	Oakland CA	136	Mar 1920	later Yukon (AF-9) 1921, scrapped 1946
	Scandinavic/Muscatine		Standard SB Co.	Shooters Island NY	2	May 1918	later Floridian 1928, Elizabeth 1936, sunk by gunfire 1942
	War Unit/Passaic		Standard SB Co.	Shooters Island NY	3	July 1918	later Ice King 1918, Georgian 1928, Hilton 1936, scrapped 1950
	War Speed/Montclair		Standard SB Co.	Shooters Island NY	4	Aug 1918	scrapped 1936